Call (989) 723-8354 or visit us in person to register!

Instructors are Linda Ruehle – Arts Education Director,  Cora Walby – Arts Education Director,  Brian Bruff – SAC Board Member,  and Class Instructors otherwise noted*

Children’s After School Art Classes

Thursdays 4pm – 5:30pm

$10 SAC Member/$12 Guest  Student annual memberships are $20

Note: Artwork not picked up within two weeks of completion or notification of competition by SAC will be disposed of.

January 9 or 10 – Play in Clay! – Create your own hand built hot chocolate mug! (Students will need to sign up for glazing class Jan. 30  to finish their project). Note: We are offering a Thursday, January 9, and a Friday, January 10, class option. Please click on the day your child is available to come to sign them up for that day. 

January 16 or 17 – More Play in Clay! – Design an igloo for polar bear friends , the kings of the Arctic! (Students will need to sign up for glazing class Jan. 30  to finish their project). Note: We are offering a Thursday, January 16, and a Friday, January 17, class option. Please click on the day your child is available to come to sign them up for that day.

January 23 – Winter Monoprints – Create a winter landscape with a snowman, a snowboarder, ice skater or skier. Using water soluble inks and your imagination!

January 30 – Glazing Clay Projects – Painting your pottery will bring it to life and after one more kiln firing,  the pottery can be picked up at the next class…if you bring a box!:)

February 6 – Valentine Printmaking Cards and Pictures – Students will carve into foam printing plates, “large and small) then roll with printing ink using a brayer, creating original designs to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

February 13 & 20 – Wendy’s Celebration of Youth Art Month Project Workshops –  Our theme will be Woodland Creature paper collages  in earthy palettes, natural textures, tree imagery, mushrooms, and other features reminiscent of a forest environment. These will be double sided to hang in the windows at Wendy’s to be enjoyed inside and outside.  Students will need to be able to attend both sessions to finish their projects.  Start planning if you will have a deer, rabbit, racoon, bear, hedgehog, squirrel, owl, fox or another woodland creature. These art pieces will be on exhibit at Wendy’s Restaurant of Owosso in the month of March, and perhaps April too.

February 27 – High Relief Sculptures from corrugated cardboard scraps and then painted to have the look of expensive metal pieces of art! Think of  faux bronze!

March 6 – World Book Day – Create illustrations for a story, including the book cover or just a picture book if you are not into writing a story.

March 13 – Let’s Laugh Day  – Funny Cartoon Drawing – with Kathryn Gehrs’-Pahl 

March 20 – First Day of Spring Glass Fused Tile – Design a spring masterpiece to be fired in the kiln and displayed on an easel or in a shadow box.

March 27 – National Scribble Day – Embrace the creative art of scribble! Express yourself through scribble art.  You may discover some interesting and unique things in your scribble designs!  We’ll finish with watercolor paint.

Note: Artwork not picked up within two weeks of completion or notification of competition by SAC will be disposed of.